Magaza Masanchi

Magaza Masanchi
Born(1886-07-27)27 July 1886
Alma-Ata, Russian Empire
Died3 March 1938(1938-03-03) (aged 51)
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance Soviet Union
UnitDungan Cavalry Regiment
CommandsCommander of the Dungan Cavalry Regiment
Battles / warsWorld War I
Russian Civil War
Magaza Masanchi
Traditional Chinese馬三奇
Simplified Chinese马三奇
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Sānqí
other Mandarin
DunganМагәзы Масанчын
Magaza Masanchin
Traditional Chinese馬三成
Simplified Chinese马三成
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMǎ Sānchéng
other Mandarin
DunganМагәзы Масанчын

Magaza Masanchi (27 July 1886 – 3 March 1938; Dungan: Магәзы Масанчын, romanized: Magəzь Masançьn) or Ma Sanqi (Chinese: 馬三奇) was a Dungan communist revolutionary commander and Statesman in the Soviet Union. He participated in the Russian Revolution on the Bolshevik side. Karakunuz in Kazakhstan was renamed Masanchi after him. He was a victim of the Great Purge by Joseph Stalin.